UPDATE: Group starts petition to remove GEO Group name from FAU Stadium

It took less than 24 hours, but the outcry over GEO Group, a multi-national private prison corporation, purchasing the naming rights for FAU Stadium has led to a formal request for a reversal.

A petition, started Tuesday, calling for the removal of the GEO Group name from FAU Stadium, has received middling support to this point, but the Dream Activist staff have seemed keen on using the "Owlcatraz" nickname proposed by FAU play-by-play announcer Ken LaVicka.

GEO Group has been heavily scrutinized by civil libertarians for its treatment of inmates, some which are alleged to be held illegally.

FAU officials said Tuesday that they had no problem aligning the school with the for-profit prison company.

GEO Group paid $6 million to purchase the naming rights for the soon-to-be two-year old stadium for 12 years. Tuesday's deal is believed to be the first stadium naming rights deal purchased by a correctional facilities company.